Junior Infants Archive 2017/18
May 2018
Our Aistear theme for the month of May was 'Sports'. We explored this theme through lots of fun activities. We also made the most of the lovely summer sunshine by going on a nature walk, visiting the school's Biodiversity Area, playing sports and having reading lessons outside.
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- Our play dough people love gymnastics. They can even do handstands and the splits!!
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- Do you like our football pitch?
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- Buddy Reading in the sunshine with some of the 4th class boys and girls.
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- In science we explored the concept of floating and sinking. It was so much fun!!!
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- We also explored ‘Light’ in science this month. We made shadow puppets and had lots of fun with them in the sunshine!
April 2018
This month's Aistear theme was 'The Doctor'. We had lots of fun exploring the important roles of doctors and nurses. We took turns dressing up and pretending to be doctors, nurses, surgeons, pharmacists and patients. At the construction station we got creative and built hospitals and doctor's surgeries out of blocks. We made our own doctor's bags/ first aid kits which contained equipment such as a stethoscope, otoscope, syringe and thermometer. We also wrote prescriptions and about our visits to the doctor. In the sand box we played a memory match game using pictures cards based on the theme of 'The Doctor'.
In April we also celebrated 'Healthy Eating Week'. We learned about the food pyramid and we had a visit from Mr. Apple and Mrs. Strawberry. We made a special effort to eat fruit and vegetables at home and in school. In school we tasted kiwis, blueberries, mandarin oranges and grapes. They were delicious! We also used fruit and vegetables for printing in our art lesson.
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- Let’s check your eyesight!!!
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- Lot’s of sick patients waiting to see the doctor!!
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- Dr. Chloe is busy in the baby clinic!
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- Poor Heidi has injured her arm but Dr. Danny will have it better in no time!!
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- We had fun printing with fruit & vegetables!
March 2018
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- Happy Mother’s Day to all of our wonderful moms!
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- I love my Mom because…
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- Happy St. Patrick’s Day from all the leprechauns in Junior Infants!!!
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- Happy Easter from all in Junior Infants!
February 2018
We have been busy learning about 'Spring'. Our Aistear theme was 'The Farm'...probably our favourite theme so far!
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- We wrote farm diaries. We learned the names of the various farm animals and their young.
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- Farmyard fun in the sand!
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- We played with the farm set and constructed our own pens for the animals.
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- We constructed pens for the animals.
January 2018
Happy New Year! We have had another busy month preparing for Mrs Cronin's retirement mass. We will miss her so much but hopefully she will call back to visit us from time to time! Our Aistear theme was 'The Weather'.
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- Let your dreams take flight Mrs. Cronin!
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- We will ‘OWL’ miss you in Junior Infants Mrs Cronin.
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- What’s the weather forecast for the weekend?
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- We explored the various types of clothes we wear in different weather conditions.
December 2017
December was a busy month. We were preparing for the Tree of Light. Our Aistear theme was the Post Office and we also did lots of fun Christmas activities. We had a visit from a little elf named Eddie who came all the way from the North Pole to keep an eye on us in the lead up to Christmas. While he was in our classroom he often got up to mischief!! Luckily he confirmed before he left that we are all on the 'Good List'.
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- Our postmen are busy at work in the lead up to Christmas!
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- We made Christmas cards for our parents.
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- Poor Rudolph wasn’t feeling too well. Luckily Mrs Claus and the doctor managed to nurse him back to full health in time for Christmas Eve.
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- Christmas artwork
November 2017
In November we went to see 'The Ugly Duckling' in Siamsa Tíre, Tralee. It was very enjoyable and we loved travelling in the big bus! We also began Aistear. We explored the theme of 'The Restaurant' which was so much fun. 
"I think I'll go for the chocolate cake and a cup of tea please!"
We got creative and built our own restaurants. Some of them had amazing play areas!
October 2017
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- This month we have been busy learning about autumn. We went on an adventure to look for signs of autumn near our school.
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- Junior Infants Autumn Trees
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- All excited for Halloween and lighting our pumpkins
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- Happy Halloween!!! How spooky do we look in our costumes?!!!
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- We visited Killarney Library where author, Valerie Sheehan, read us some of her books about Tony the Turtle. We really enjoyed them! Afterwards we went to the playground and we got some yummy hot chocolate!!
September 2017- Welcome to our new pupils in Junior Infants
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- Welcome to our new pupils in Junior Infants.
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- Pupils are busy learning how to sort according to colour and number
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- Pupils are busy learning how to sort according to colour and number
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- Pupils are working diligently on letter formation and rhyme for the letter s in their Jolly Phonics Programme.
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- Pupils are working diligently on letter formation and rhyme for the letter s in their Jolly Phonics Programme.
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- All pupils received a photo of themselves on the 1st day of school. Hopefully these are all hanging on the fridge by now!!!
